Post Now: November 21, 2010 - November 27, 2010

An-early morning bar fight in Odenton left three people with gunshot wounds, Anne Arundel County police said. Police arrived at My Place Bar and Lounge about 1:45 a.m. Saturday after receiving a report that a man was shot in the...

A second District man has been arrested and charged in this month’s shooting death of a high school student. Larnell Allen, 19, was arrested Friday and charged in connection with the Nov. 8 killing of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. Sharps,...

Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal one-car crash early Saturday in Burtonsville. Officials say a car driven by Rahul Sharma, 25, of Clarksville was traveling eastbound on Dustin Road just after 2 a.m. when it left the road and...

A man was shot in the chest Friday night and found inside of a Southwest Washington home, D.C. police said. Officers are investigating a shooting where the victim was found wounded inside a residence in the 200 block of K...

Bitter rivals on store shelves in the candy aisle may also duke it out in court. The Hershey Co. sued Mars Inc. this week. The maker of Hershey's and Reese's chocolate candies says the rival maker of Snickers, M&Ms and...

Good afternoon. Hope you had a fabulousThanksgiving and that you're happily feasting away on leftovers. In today's selection of posts we've got advice for working off some of your Thanksgiving meal as well as some gift buying tips. After all,...

The Greenbelt City Council voted Monday to expand the city's ban on smoking inside recreational facilities like the city's swimming pool and dog park, and a ban on smoking near all public buildings might not be far behind The Gazette...

Tree lighting ceremonies are beginning in the Washington area. On Friday, the city of Alexandria is having its tree lighting in Market Square. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m., and there will be a community sing-along following the tree lighting....

Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal for updates on all the top headlines of the day. The Examiner Va. business owners sentenced for...

A woman was struck and critically injured by a vehicle Wednesday night as she crossed a street in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County after shopping, police said. Officers were investigating the incident on Route 1 near Dawn Drive about...

Good afternoon. If you're office is anything like mine, you're probably looking at a lot of empty cubicles right now. Indeed, the Thanksgiving getaway is well under way. But D.C.-area bloggers are still working hard. In between packing their suitcase...

Extradition has been granted for a D.C. teenager who Montgomery County police call a potential suspect in the slaying of an American University professor at her Bethesda home. On Wednesday, D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield ordered 18-year-old Deandrew...

Last minute Thanksgiving cooks hoping to pick up some extra potatoes or a pumpkin pie might find themselves in for a long wait if they were planning to shop at Whole Foods on P Street, NW, DCist reports. The power...

Broadneck Elementary School students had a bet with their principal, Alison Andre Lee. If they read for 100,000 minutes collectively in one week, she would eat worms. Once the students met their reading goals, Lee stepped up, Tina Reed of...

Update: 12:15 p.m. Virginia jury has convicted five Somali men on 14 charges stemming from April attack on US Navy ship. Earlier post: Jurors resumed their deliberations Wednesday in the piracy trial of five Somali men accused in the armed...

Salmonella sickened eight people at Homewood at Crumland Farms nursing home in Frederick from July to early this month, according to the Frederick County Health Department, the Frederick News-Post reports. One person died after being hospitalized for salmonella, although Homewood's...

It's the day before Thanksgiving and if your suitcase isn't packed, your refrigerator probably is. Soon, we hope, it'll be your stomach that will be full. For those heading out of town: We're here to help.

Prince George's County council member Will Campos (D) has become the fifth county legislator to urge Leslie Johnson to give up her just-won seat on the nine-member panel because of the corruption charges she is facing.

A 19-year-old man who already had been charged in one fatal shooting in the District this month was arrested Tuesday and charged in a second -- the killing of a 17-year-old high school student who was on his way to...

Update, 7:20 p.m.: None of the injuries appear to be serious. About a dozen people were injured Tuesday evening in a collision involving a Metrobus in Southeast Washington, authorities said. The collision occurred about 6:30 p.m. in the 2800 block...

Good afternoon. Once the season moves into high gear, I know it's easy to get burned out on the holidays. So today I'm offering a hybrid collection of posts from the D.C.-area blogosphere. Some are Thanksgiving-related (including some great conversation...

Montgomery County Schools is one of seven recipients of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality award, a federal prize administered by the Commerce Department that recognizes companies and organizations for excellence, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced Tuesday.

fficials at the Virginia Zoo are mourning the loss of their second Siberan tiger, the (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reports. Shaka Khan died of bone cancer on Friday, and the zoo announced the death Monday. Her sister, Shere Khan, died in May, also of cancer. They lived 18 years and became popular attractions after gas station owners and school groups raised money for a tiger exhibit.

The lowest unemployment rate in the Washington region continues to be in Arlington County, with a jobless rate of 3.9 percent in September, the Washington Business Journal reports. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that every county in...

The George Washington University has recorded six cases of bed bugs in five student dormitories so far this semester, GWU’s the Hatchet reported Saturday. GWU officials launched an investigation after students noticed bite marks that remained on their bodies even...

Police in Anne Arundel County arrested an Arizona woman last week on suspicion of prostitution after they found her in a Linthicum hotel room with condoms and over $1,000 in cash, the Baltimore Sun reports. Police found the woman while...

Two Virginia school systems are being investigated for possible civil-rights violations, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The U.S. Department of Education says it is investigating Henrico County Public Schools to determine if it discriminates against African American students. The department's Office...

Three people have suffered minor injuries after a truck crashed into the back of a Metrobus.
Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato says the accident happened around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at Good Hope and Naylor roads in southeast Washington.

A judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech against school officials can go forward. After Monday’s hearing, a trial was tentatively set for September.

A woman who suffered serious burns in house fire in Northwest last week died Monday from her injuries, WTOP reports. Ida Thomspson, 92, died at Washington Hospital Center. Thompson was taken from the second-floor bedroom of a house in the...

Good afternoon. And the countdown begins. Have you scored your turkey? Your bag of fresh cranberries? If you're already feeling overwhelmed, no worries. In today's selection of posts from the D.C. area blogosphere, we've got some tips on where to...

A U.S. District Court Judge has sentenced a 23-year-old Mount Airy man to 30 months in prison for selling guns and drugs to an undercover police officer on multiple occasions at the Bethesda Metro station, officials said Monday. Authorities said...

Ingmar Guandique, charged with killing Chandra Levy in 2001 has been found guilty of first degree murder. Guandique, 29, was charged with two counts of first-degree felony murder. Levy, 24, went missing May 1, 2001, and her body was found...

A Montgomery County Council committee is scheduled to take up a bill Monday that could relax noise restrictions near the outdoor Strathmore Hall and potentially lift them altogether for the streets of downtown Silver Spring and Bethesda, TBD.com reports. Montgomery...

A week after receiving a metal detector for his seventh birthday, Lucas Hall's gift is already paying dividends for the first-grader. While metal detecting with his father, Gary, on private property outside Berryville, Lucas had a feeling the two needed to stop and look. Buried six inches deep was a sword thought to have been used during the Civil War.

The Loudoun County parks department is holding a different kind of lottery this year -- one where the winners get a chance to hunt deer, the Washington Examiner reports. After spending four years studying the health of deer at Banshee...

Yes, folks it's Thanksgiving week -- already. And we've got everything you need to help you cook up a delicious meal, find holiday shopping deals, or get you out of town as quickly and safely as possible.

A 33-year-old Gaithersburg man was fatally injured Sunday after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding in upper Montgomery County, the county police said. Police said Larry Daniel Talley, of the 14500 block of Jones Lane, was...

An off-duty Prince George's County police officer was stabbed Saturday while trying to arrest a man at a restaurant, county police said. They said the incident occurred while the officer was working "secondary employment" in uniform at a restaurant...